special assessment
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
From 240 U.S. 55 - Gast Realty Investment Company v. Schneider Granite Company · 1916Most cited · 194 citing opinions
If the law is of such a character that there is no reasonable presumption that substantial justice generally will be done, but the probability is that the parties will be taxed disproportionately to each other and to the benefit conferred, the law cannot stand against the complaint of one so taxed in fact.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A species of taxation to pay for local improvements for public purposes upon real property, which recognizes the general public interest, but rests upon the theory that such property, by reason of locality, is specially benefited by the improvement. 246 111. 52; 190 111. 476; 155 111. 271; 133 111. 469.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916